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Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management

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Alternate title

CHEMM

Description

This is a freely accessible website part of a collection of disaster preparedness databases. Its goal is to enable first responders, first receivers, healthcare providers and planners to plan for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving chemicals. CHEMM may be downloaded so it can be available during an event or if the Internet is unavailable.

Help

New to using CHEMM? On the right site of the website’s first page, see the “Quick Links” box and click on “ Where Do I Start?”

Information designed for first responders and hospital care providers. It is divided into a variety of broad sections, including the following: quick chemical identification; acute patient care guidelines; types of emergencies; incident event activities. CHEMM provides links to related associations and to a discussion list.